Designing with Michelle

Dustin Pike's It's a Party Challenge!!!

2011-04-10T11:05:00.009-04:00

WOW!!! It has been such a LOOOOONNNGGGG time since I have been able to play and create, I almost forgot how to make a card!! J/K I truly miss playing, and I finally got to play!!

Being that this month is Dustin Pike's blogiversary he thought it was appropriate to have a challenge with Birthday Cards. So for this week all you have to do in order to enter is make a birthday card using one of Dustin's images. Enter using Inlinkz (the little frog icon) at the bottom of his blog. Remember to email Dustin for your Pike Points for entering the challenge, and keep your fingers and toes crossed that you get chosen as this weeks winner where you will receive even more Pike's Points. Head on over to Dustin's Blog to check out the rules and participate in the challenge!!!

I used Widdle Dragon 2 for my image. My birthday card is for a baby being born!! In my opinion, that is a birthday too!! Actually, I think it is the BIRTHDAY!! I loved this image so much, I wanted to use it!! So, I went with it!! LOL I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I actually colored it twice cut both out and popped them up with pop dots!!

Hope you like my creation and get a chance to hop on over to Dustin's Blog so you can enjoy in the fun as well!!

Make it a great day!!
Michelle :)

Digital Tuesday Challenge #91

2010-12-28T12:11:00.003-05:00

Hey Hey Everyone!!

I hope all had a wonderful Christmas and received lots of goodies from Santa.
My creation is for the Digital Tuesday Challenge #91 (see sidebar for link to the challenge blog). This week our hostess, Maria, gave us an easy challenge due to all the craziness that is going on in our lives right now. The challenge is EVERYTHING GOES!! That's right we can do whatever our little hearts desire as long as it includes a digital stamp. Our sponsor this week is our very own Ellie with her Digital Stamp Oasis!!! My image is from her company!! I colored it with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless mineral spirits.

Wishing y'all a Happy New Year!!!

Michelle

Digital Tueday Challenge #86

2010-11-23T12:48:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone,

Sorry for the short post, but I am sick with a bad sinus infection, and I really just want to go back to bed!!
The card is for the Digital Tuesday Challenge #86- Let It Snow. We were to use a digital image and make a card representing 'Let It Snow'. My image is from Dustin Pike and is colored with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. My snow embossed paper is actually alumimun foil. For a little dazzle I added dazzling diamonds to the image. My sentiment is from the SU! Let It Snow stamp set.

Hope all is having a better day than I am!!
Off to bed I go!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #85

2010-11-16T08:43:00.012-05:00

Good morning everyone,

I made my card for two reasons today. One is for the Digital Tuesday Challenge #85- Things with Wings (click the banner on my side bar to link to the blog). We were to make a creation using a digital image that has wings. I choose this adorable image by Dustin Pike to go on my card and I colored it with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits.

I also chose this image because it is perfect to give to my youngest daughter, Brianna, for her birthday. She is turning 8 on December 2nd. She is my little cupcake, and she is growing up so fast. For her birthday, we are surprising her with a Disney cruise to the Bahamas. We are not going to let her know about it until we pull up to the boat. We are even taking her to school that morning so she can do her spelling test and see her friends on her birthday. Then we are going to pick her up around 12:00 to take her to Port Canaveral, Fl where we will embark on our cruise. When she ask why picked her up early and where we are going, we are just going to tell her she has to wait and see. We are very excited about it!!

Anywho, tell me what you think about my card and hop on over to our blog, see all the wonderful creations our other designers came up with for inspiration, and join us in our challenge!! I can't wait to see what YOU come up with!!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge # 81

2010-10-19T12:38:00.005-04:00

I am the hostess for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge!!

This is what I create for my challenge.

Below the image is what my challenge is

and a description of my card.

I don't know about everyone else, but
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.
I love seeing all the colors that come along with this time of year.

So, my challenge is for you to create a Halloween card,
but not using the traditional colors of orange and black.
So, I would like to see what you can come up with using
non-traditional colors. I would like your paper colors to be

Yellow, Black, and Purple

Of course, you also need to use a digi stamp
somewhere on your wonderful creation.
If needed, you can use other colors when coloring your image
but your papers need to be
Yellow, Black, and Purple

Our sponsor this week is

Blackleaf Studios

The winner of this week's challenge will receive this fun Halloween set.

My card is made with this set. I made a stair step card. The papers I used are Stampin' Up Basic Black, Barely Banana, and Lavender Lace. I daubered the Barely Banana layers and moon with Barely Banana, and More Mustard ink. For the background scene I daubered the Lavender Lace Paper with Lavender Lace, Perfect Plum and Basic Black to create a spooky night. I used a Martha Stewart fence punch for my fence. For my sentiment, I embossed in black the Happy Halloween from the Stampin' Up Autumn Apparitions set. For my images, I colored them with prizma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits, cut them out (which prove to be quite tricky, but I got it done!!!), and popped them up with demensionals.

I hope you like what I created!! Tell me what you think?

Step on over to the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog (link is on my side bar)

and give my challenge a try!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #76 and #77

2010-09-21T14:25:00.003-04:00

The card is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #77 - One for the Girls. My image is from Dustin Pike and it is colored with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I used glitter Stickles on the outfit, shoes, and wings. The cut out rose flower is popped up with demensionals. I used a white ziggy pen to outline the embossed flowers. Add some Rhinestones, a computer generated saying, and viola, a card I believe to be one for the girls!!

And this card is for last week's Digital Challenge Tuesday's #76 -Sports Themed. I made mine with a soccer playing dragon image by Dustin Pike. It is colored with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I made this card for my nanny who just has a baby Aug 4 and played her first soccer game since being cleared to play again from the doctor and scored a goal and assisted another goal. Their team won!! Yeah Paola!!!

DTC Challenge #74 and #75

2010-09-07T09:14:00.003-04:00

Why, hello hello my dear stamping friends!! It has been such a long time since I have posted something; I almost forgot how to post!!

Life has been on the way insane side this summer. Many thing happened making it imposible for me to find time to play and create much less post.

I had a couple more rounds of kidney stones resulting in another surgery.

My gall bladder decided to go on the crazy side for a while, but it cleared up.

While in the hospital, I found out I have sleep apnea. I am now on a C-PaP machine at night.

Working on getting my hormones straight.

Trying new meds for my bi-polar.

My nanny had a baby girl on August 4th.

I took my college Spanish I course online.

Took a Disney trip with the middle sister and her daughter. It was their first time.

And took a trip to Texas for my yougest sister's 30th b-day.

Like I said INSANITY!!

I did make some things, just not cards.

I made many crocheted items including two blankets for my nanny's baby.

I made a cross-stich name and date picture plus matching needle-point blanket for her too.

I will try to post pictures of those later.

With the kids back to school, and me in a comfortable routine with my classes this semester, I actually have time to create again!! I am finally back to doing what I love to do and that is creating cards and projects for the challenges!!

Like I stated earlier, I almost forgot how to post things. I completely forgot to post the Digital Tuesday's Challenge for last week. It is now below.
This card is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #75-Dots and Stripes. My images are from KLM Digital Designs. I colored them both with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorles Mineral Spirits, cut them out, and popped them up with demensionals.

This gift set was created for the DTC Challenge #74 Make a Gift Set. The image is from Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio. I colored it with Prisma Color Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits, cut it out and popped both of them up with demensionals.

It is nice to finally be back and have time to create. I missed it dearly.

I look forward to doing challenges again and I hope to hear from everyone again!!

Have a great day!!

Michelle

Digital Tuseday Challenge #41

2010-01-12T00:19:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone,

I am now on the road to recovery. I had my surgery yesterday for my kidney stones, and everything went well. Today is my first day of going back to school. I am working on getting my PhD in Psychology. Wish me luck!!

This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #41. Shelly is our wonderful hostess this week. She wanted to keep it simple because of all the craziness we just went through from all of the holidays. She challenged us to use embossing on our creations. I used the Cuttlebug Hearts Embossing folder on mine.

I missed last weeks challenge because of all the health issues I was going through. So, this also fits last week challenge #40 to make a Valentine's Day card.

My image is from Dustin Pike that is being released today. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I cut the bear out and proped him up with demensionals. I hand doodled around the bear, added 3 heart brads, and the sentiment is a stamp from High Hopes stamped in StazOn Black. I made this to go along with his 1st Doodle Dragon Studio Challenge. He has challenged us to make a lovey, dovey Valentine Card too.

What do y'all think?

Now I am off to school. My first 2 classes are Psychology and English.

Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio sometime today.

1st Doodle Dragon Studio Blog Hop!!!!!

2010-01-10T09:48:00.012-05:00

Welcome to the first Doodle Dragon Studio Blog Hop!

If you've arrived from Lelia's blog, you're headed in the right direction. If not, start at the beginning on Dustin's blog

We're very excited to announce a new challenge blog for Doodle Dragon Studio images, and the first challenge is TODAY! To kick it all off, let's have a blog hop featuring some new digi stamps. Make sure you leave comments on the design team blogs along the way, because three lucky commenters will be randomly drawn to win all five of the new digis Dustin is sharing today! Then, check out the first challenge for another chance to win new Doodle Dragon digis.

I chose to use the new Shining Armor image for the challenge today. I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I wanted him to peek over the edges so I cut him out and pasted him to his framing. My DP is textured felt hearts, and I used the Heart shape Nestibilities for my computer generated sentiment.

What do y'all think?

Now, HOP on over to Cheri's Blog
and enjoy the rest of our first blog hop!!

I goofed a little. This was not to be posted until 10:00 PST and I posted it at 10:00 EST. Check back at 10:00 PST and you will see all the links will work. Sorry for the inconvience. There were bound to be a few kinks to works out on the first blog hop and of course, I am one of the kinks!! LOL

I almost missed New Year's!!

2010-01-01T17:31:00.022-05:00

I hope everyone had an awesome New Year's Last night. I had a great time, but almost missed it!!
Unfortunately I was in the hospital until 6:00 last night. Sadly, I was admitted into the hospital Wednesday thinking I was having major problems with my colon only to find out my colon was fine, but that I had an huge 9 x 12 mm kidney stone blocking my left kidney and several littler ones as well. I am in a lot of pain and heavily doped up on morphine, but I got to come home for our New Year's Eve party and didn't miss the fireworks we shot off!! It was so awesome!! Aliyah, my 13 yo daughter, made some of the best food!! I am so proud of her!! Now I have to wait until the 11th for the machine needed to go in and break up the stone. Hatefully, the 11th is my first day back to school also. Totally Sucks, but I have faith things will work themselves out!! or at least I pray they do!! Oh and on the 4th, I am having 2 wisdom teeth surgically removed. Talk about my life totally sucking right now!! LOL What a way to bring in the new year!! But hey it can only go up from here!!!! LMAO

Here are some pics from last night's party.....

Again, HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

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One of the fountain fireworks we set off

The peacock fruit arrangment my daughter Aliyah made

My BFF Rachel and myself

My wonderful husband and myself

All the youngin's (top left to right)

Alex, William, Nathan, Brianna, Brittany, Samatha

My daughter Aliyah, her BFF Haylee, and their friend Shane

My stomach is so swollen from the kidney stones that it looked just like our 4 month pregnant friend Christy. I have gained 15lbs in 11 days, because of these kidney stones.

Christy and myself with her true love Ricky being goofy in the back

One of my daughter's BFF and long time friend Desi and myself

My girls Aliyah, Haylee, and Desi

Friends Suzy and Christy

Another pic and of hubby and I

My long time friends Jason and Z. Unfortunately, Z was very sick. So they had to go home before midnight.

The men John, Ricky, Curt, and Tim

The teenagers of the party. (left to right)

Aliyah, Haylee, Shane, Desi, and Vicky

My BFF Rachel helping my daughter Brianna shoot her first firework, a roman candle

Anther pic of my BFF Rachel and myself

The kids plus one big kid Suzy eating the gingerbread lighthouse

And last but not least, my youngest right before she fell asleep at 3:00 in the morning

We had such an awesome time. I was hurting quite a bit, but I am so happy I was able to be home with my friends and family to bring in the New Year.

Here is to everyone having a beautifully blessed year in 2010!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #39

2009-12-29T03:27:00.004-05:00

Welcome to another Digital Tuesday Challenge!!

Michelle R. is my name and being hostess this week is my game!!

First of all, I hope everyone had a wonderfully happy holiday last week, and is looking forward to a HAPPY NEW YEAR this week!!

Second, I would like to thank everyone who played along last week in the Let It Snow Challenge, we had so much fun visiting your blogs and seeing your projects. A random winner for the 3 Dustin Pike images will be chosen later on today!

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Now, on to your challenge for today!!

We are now in the midst of winter. My daughter, Aliyah, is dying to see snow. She keeps hoping someday it will snow, but alas, we live in Florida where it never really snows. So it is for her I have created this challenge.

I want to see winter scene images using lots of Dazzling Diamonds for snow.

Our sponsor this week is Soft Pencil. Elizabeth has many cute winter scenes as you can see by many of the creations our wonderful DT has created on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog. The winner of this week challenge will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to spend on Soft Pencil images.

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My image is from Soft Pencil. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencil and OMS. I did both the outside and inside of this card. I used Dazzling Diamonds for the snow on the image and for all four snowflakes. And to add a little extra snow in case the Dazzling Diamonds weren't enough, I used my Cuttlebug Snowflake folder on Shimmery White Cardstock for my BG too!! The title of the image is 'Looking For a Friend'. I chose to use it as my computer generated sentiment. To finish off the sentiment, I put 'and I found you' on my inside.

Wht do y'all think?

What I Have Been Up To

2009-12-26T10:19:00.006-05:00

Hey there,

I just wanted to show you what I have been up to lately. I kinda took a break from making cards seeing my stamp room is so chaotic with everything every where you can't find anything. It also was the wrapping station for Christmas.

I made a few ornaments to give as gifts to my BFF's this year.

You can find the tutorial in a very old blog post (November 2006) made by Amanda Sewell - Inkspirations here.

I made a Plaid Bucilla Felt Stocking for one of my God sons for Christmas next year. I am making one for each of my god kids and this was the first one I completed. I'll show you each one as I finish them. I already have stocking made for my family. I made them several years ago. My extended family saw them and they wanted one too. So I am making 6 of them over the course of the year for next Christmas!!

Here is a pic of my family's stockings made made a long time ago...

What do y'all think?

I am now going to clean up my stamp room. It will probably take me the whole day!! LOL

Once I am done, I will get back to making cards finally!! I am hosting the challenge for this week's Digital Tuesday Challenge, so I'd better get cracking!!

Hope everyone had a beautifully blessed holiday!!

Warm wishes to all,

Michelle

Angel's Landing DT Challenge

2009-12-02T09:00:00.002-05:00

Hello there everyone,
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This is for my Angel's Landing DT Challenge. Judi has challenge us to make anything to do with a gift. For my Gift Giving project, I chose to make a window treat box. I used an image from the Polar Bear Cubs set, coloring it slightly with Prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits. I used Shimmering White, Felt Snowflake DP, and Metallic Silver for my papers, and Nestabilities to cut out her window. My embellishments include white wired ribbon and die-cut snowflakes covered in Dazzling Diamonds centered with a rhinestone. My sentiment is computer generated. The candy inside the box is vanilla flavored Tootsie Rolls.

This is for Digital Tuesday Challenge #35 Christmas Sparkle. Lora is our lovely hostess this week and she has challenged us to use glitter and bling on our creation this week. My glitter and bling is the snow flake and metallic silver paper.
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This is also for many challenge I found via The Daily Dare.
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This is for Friday's Cottage Rumble Challenge #19 where we were to use digi images.
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This is for Friday's Paper Cutz Challenge #18 where the challenge was anything goes.
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This is for Friday's Paper Makeup Stamps Black Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge where we were to create anything holiday/Christmas.
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This is for Saturday's Crazy 4 Challenges Week 13-Punch Happy where we were to punches. I used a border punch, tag punches, and Nestibilities.
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This is for Saturday's Just Us Girls Challenge Week 9- Template Challenge where we were to create our best Holiday decorated gift box/bag made from a template for that special someone. I used the SCS Window Treat Box Template.
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This is for Saturday's Kraftin' Kimme's Challenge #8 - Touchy Feely where we were to use different textures on our designs. My DP has felt snowflakes all over it.
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This is for Sunday's Paper Maniac Challenge where we were to use some fancy cardstock (metallic, pearlescent, etc) to make a last minute gift.
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What do y'all think?

Digital Tuseday Challenge #35

2009-12-01T13:36:00.001-05:00

Hello there everyone,
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I finally got to use one of the images I colored last week!!
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This is for Digital Tuesday Challenge #35 Christmas Sparkle. Lora is our lovely hostess this week and she has challenged us to use glitter and bling on our creation this week.
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This is also for many challenge I found via The Daily Dare.
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This is for Friday's Cottage Rumble Challenge #19 where we were to use digi images.
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This is for Friday's Paper Cutz Challenge #18 where the challenge was anything goes.
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This is for Friday's Paper Makeup Stamps Black Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge where we were to create anything holiday/Christmas.
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This is for Saturday's Crazy 4 Challenges Week 13-Punch Happy where we were to punches. I used a border punch and Nestibilities.
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This is for Saturday's Just Us Girls Challenge Week 9- Template Challenge where we were to create our best Holiday decorated gift box/bag made from a template for that special someone. I used the SCS Window Treat Box Template I changed up the size a little to make it big. I'll give deets a little later.
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This is for Saturday's Kraftin' Kimme's Challenge #8 - Touchy Feely where we were to use different textures on our designs. My DP has giltter all on it, my lid is scored all down it, and my ribbon is textured too.
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This is for Sunday's Corrosive Challenge #40 where we were to use green and red.
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This is for Sunday's Paper Maniac Challenge where we were to use some fancy cardstock (metallic, pearlescent, etc) to make a last minute gift.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is from SU!'s Sweet Holidays.
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What do y'all think?
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You can find the digital image at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

Simple, Easy 5 in 1

2009-11-27T12:47:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone,
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I decided to go with a simple, easy, and quick card today. I finally got rid of my migraines (they were due to allergies) and ended up with a massive head cold. 'Tis the season right? LOL It was a little difficult to take a pic. seeing the metallic silver kept wanting to shine the flash, but I managed to get a decent one. Sorry for the bright flash in the corner.
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I found the challenges to give me inspiration in making my card today via The Daily Dare.
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My first challenge is for today's Daring Cardmakers 'I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas Challenge where we were to make a Christmas cards that is mainly white with just a hint of coloring on your embellishments or stamped image. My hint of coloring, of course, is silver. I have never really made a mainly white, simple and easy card before. This was pretty cool!! LOL
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Next, this is for today's No Time To Stamp's Stamp Simply #115-Mass Production Challenge where we were to create a card that is SUPER easy to mass produce — like once designed you could realistically sit down and do 6 or 8 or more within an hours time. This card only took me 15 minutes to make and will be easy to produce many quickly.
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This is for today's Paper Cutz Challenge #19 where anything goes, and for today's Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge where we were to create anything holiday/Christmas.
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And finally, my layout is yesterday's Our Creative Corner Challenge which is the Stamp and Smiles Sketch Challenge #42
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My card is quite simply made. I finally used my Winter House Cuttlebug folder I have had for over a year, but never managed to use. I sprinkled to snow with Dazzling Diamonds, and embossed the saying from SU!'s Solemn Stillness set in Silver EP. My ornaments are just circle punches with Cuttlebug Snowflake Diecuts covered in Dazzling Diamonds centered with a rhinestone, and holiday silver wired ribbon. That's it!! Simple huh?
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What do y'all think?

Digital Tuesday Challenge #34

2009-11-26T08:48:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone,

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
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Here is the image I spoke of in my last post.
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This is for Digital Tuesday Challenge #34. This week our awesome hostess is Lora. She has challenged us to simply make a Thank You card or anything else you would like to make to say thank you to someone.
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This goes for several challenges I found via The Daily Dare this week also.
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This is for Sunday's 2 Red Bananas Challenge where we were to make a project that in someway says, "I am Thankful".
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This is for Sunday's Getting Creative with Ann Challenge #67 where we were to create either a thank you card, a Thanksgiving day card or a scrapbook page telling us what you are thankful for.
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This is for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #34 where we were to create a card or some other project that reminds you of being outside, using only natural colors you'd find in the fall.
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This is for Monday's Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #19 where the challenge is anything goes!!
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And finally, this is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #43 where we were to create a Thank You and/or Christmas themed card.
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My image is from Dustin Pike. It is one of the 205 new images from his Supermega Sale. I printed it out twice, colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut out the flower from the second one, and popped it up with demensionals. I computer generated my sentiment.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Supermega Sale

Dustin Pike's 1 Day Only Supermega Sale!!

2009-11-25T14:55:00.012-05:00

Hey everyone,

Today Dustin Pike is haveing a HUGE SUPERMEGA SALE!!

He is selling 135 of his retired images for $25.00. All of them for $25.00!!!
And he is selling 205 new images for $25.00. All new images for $25.00!!
But it is only for today!!

Unfortunately, I have been out with a migraine for 6 days and was unable to make cards, but I have several images colored. I thought I would scan the images and post them so you can at least see a sample of the new images.

You can go to Dustin's Blog and link from there to the images or you can go directly to Dustin Doodle Dragon Studio to purchase them. Hurry!! Don't miss out on this 1 day only chance for lots of adorable Dustin Pike images!!!

Of course, as I put them to cards, I will post them for you to see, but I at least wanted you to see the images on the day of the sale!!

I do have one card that I made for the Digital Tuesday Challenge that uses one of the new images. I will post it in a little while, but for now here are the scanned images.

What do y'all think?

Hurry NOW to get these adorable images!!!

SCS Featured Stamper 144 Finally

2009-11-25T10:56:00.001-05:00

Hello everyone,

This is for an SCS Featured Stamper that was a couple of weeks ago. It's Featured Stamper 144 Christine M., aka Chrisations.ink!. She is a great SCS friend of mine and I did want her to think I missed her special day. It just took me a while to make it and post it!! I chose this card to case.

I kept her same basic theme and layout.

I changed the colors and image.

My image is colored and cut out, but I did punch out snowflakes and adhered them to the back of the image.

I made my DP with a holly stamp coloring them with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.

I did not emboss the bottom half. I just stamp it with the Twill BG.

I changed the postion of my sentiment and embossed it in gold EP.

This is for many challenge from this week that I found via The Daily Dare

This is for Saturday's Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge #7 where we were to create Merry Christmas, Happy Winter cards.

This is for Saturday's Robyn's Fetish Challenge #7 where we were to create something shabby chic, vintage style or feel to it.

This is for Monday's Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #19 where the challenge is anything goes!!

This is for Pollycraft Monday Challenge #29 where we were to create something with a Christmas theme.

This is for yesterday's Caardvark's Challenge where we were to color an image using colored pencils, markers, paper piecing, watercolors, etc.

I used Prismacolor Pencils.This is for yesterday's Dancing in Pajamas TCP Tuesday Challenge where we were challenged to emboss. Dry embossing, embossing powder, you name it. I embossed my sentiment in gold.

And Finally, this is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge #43 where we were to create a Thank You and/or Christmas themed card. I went with a Christmas card.

My image is a digital image from KLM Digital Designs. The image is called Christmas Wreath and is colored with Prismacolr Pencils and OMS.

What do y'all think?

You can find the image at KLM Digital Designs.

Angel's Landing Blog Candy WINNER!!!!

2009-11-24T12:59:00.002-05:00

I do apologize on being late posting the winner of the Angel's Landing Blog Hop. I was out with a major mirgraine and had to go to the doctors.

The winner of the Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs generated by random.org is #38. SHANNAH. Please send me your email addy at michelleredman@aol.com so that we can get you your new images to play with!!!

Congratulations and I look forward to hearing from you!!

Angel's Landing New Release Blog Hop and BLOG CANDY!!!

2009-11-18T09:00:00.000-05:00

Well, Hello Hello.
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It is that time of the month again. You got it!!
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Welcome to the November Angels Landing Blog Hop. If you missed the beginning, head over to Judi's Digital Stamps Blog and follow the links. Today the Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for November, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs.
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My card is made using an image from the Polar Bear Cubs set. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I added Dazzling Diamonds and brads to my punched out snowflakes and rhinestones to my computer generated sentiment.
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My card is also for several challenges.
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It is for yesterday's Digital Tuesday Challenge #33 where we were to use White, Purple, and Gold or Silver. I chose to go with silver.
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And for Sunday's Corrosive Challenge #38 where we were to EMBOSS something. It could be heat or dry. I choose to go with dry. I used aluminum foil on white cardstock ran through the Cuttlebug with the snowflake folder.
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It is for Monday's Cupake Craft Challenge #65 where we were to use Digital Stamps.
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And for Monday's Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #18 where we were to use the color PURPLE.
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It is also for Monday's Ooh-la-la Creations Challenge #41 where we were to make Monochrome cards.
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And last but not least, my sketch came from Saturday's i heart 2 stamp challenge
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What do you think?
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To celebrate the new releases, I'm offering some Blog Candy!! This is my first time ever offering blog candy!! I am so excited!! One lucky winner will receive free download links for both of this month's new releases, Polar Bear Cubs and Button Bugs. To be eligible to win, leave a comment on my Blog Hop post before Sunday November 22, 2009, at 11:00 PM Eastern USA time. I'll use random.org to pick a winner on Monday, November 23. Please remember to check back again then to see whether you've won.
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Your next stop on the Blog Hop is >> Jeanette's blog << If you get lost along the way, check the master list on Judi's Digital Stamps Blog. Thanks for visiting, and I hope, no, I know you'll enjoy the rest of the hop.

Digital Tuesday Challenge #33

2009-11-17T13:28:00.002-05:00

Hello everyone,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #33. Ellie is our wonderful hostess this week, and she has challenged us to use the colors White, Purple, and Gold or Silver. I chose to go with silver.
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This is also for several challenges I found via The Daily Dare
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First is Saturday's 365's 259th Day Challenge where we were to let snow be our inspiration.
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Second is Saturday's Secret Crafter Challenge #95 where we were to be inspired by the FOUR SEASONS. We could use all of the seasons or just one season. I went with just Winter.
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Third is Sunday's Corrosive Challenge #38 where we were to EMBOSS something. It could be heat or dry. I choose to go with dry. I used aluminum foil on white cardstock ran through the Cuttlebug with the snowflake folder.
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Fourth is yesterday's Cupake Craft Challenge #65 where we were to use Digital Stamps. My digital image is from Cute Daisy May.
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Fifth is yesterday's Incy Wincy Designs Challenge #18 where we were to use the color PURPLE.
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And last but not least yesterday's Ooh-la-la Creations Challenge #41 where we were to make Monochrome cards.
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My image is a digital image from Cute Daisy May. The image came from sheet #17. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I added Dazzling Diamonds to the snow and snowflake embellie.
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What do y'all think?

I will come back a little later to give you card details.

SCS FS145 Welcome Christmas

2009-11-15T13:15:00.003-05:00

Hello,
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Well, I finally got to play a Featured Stamper Challenge!! It has been so long I tell you. One of these days, maybe it'll slow down for me and I get to go back to being able to play the challenges everyday!! LOL Somehow, I think those days are over!! LOL But hey, get it in when you can I say!!
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 145 Dawn, aka TreasureOiler. I chose this card to CASE from her.
I kept her same basic theme and layout.
I changed the colors, and only used 1 DP instead of 2 like she did.
I changed the image, but kept it basically the same. I even hand-made doodled like she did.
I used star brads instead of round ones.
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My image is from Dustin Pike colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios
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CARD DETAILS:
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Stamps: Dustin Pike's Star Mouse, SU! Herad from the Heart
Paper: SU! WWhite, BBlack, Real Red, Glorious Green, Christmas Ornament DP
Ink: StazOn Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, SU! Black Marker, Hole Punch, Ribbon, Star Brads, Demensionals
Technique: Gamsol Magic

KLM Designs Christmas 5 in 1

2009-11-11T11:17:00.002-05:00

Hello again,

Before I start studying, I wanted to make a card today.

This is for today's SCS Sketch Challenge 254.

This also for today's Creative Belli Challenge #78 where we were to use Christmas themed ebellishments. I used a Merry Christmas button.

And for the Creative Inspiration Challenge where we were to use something new and/or neglected. I used my image for something new and my button for something neglected. I have had my button for two years now.

And for the Gingersnap Creations Challenge where we were to use buttons.

And finally for the La La Land Crafts Challenge where we were to use punches. I used Nestibilities to accent my button.

My image is a digital image from KLM Designs called Bear Christmas Stocking. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.

What do y'all think?

Digital Image can be found at KLM Designs

CARD DETAILS:

Stamps: KLM Bear Christmas Stocking
Paper: SU! BBlack, SU! Glorious Green, SU! WWhite, Metallic Gold, Christmas DP
Ink: none
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, SU! Black Marker, Nestibilities, Merry Christmas Button, Demensionals
Technique: Gamsol Magic

Angel's Landing DT Challenge

2009-11-11T08:17:00.008-05:00

Hey everyone,

Yesterday, I registered to start college to get my PHD in psychology. I am going to become a therapist. I have had many signs that maybe this is my calling so I am going for it. My BFF and I have also decided to look into opening our own roller skating rink. There is only one here in Jacksonville, Fl and it is all the way over in Mandarin which is about 45 mins for just about everyone. Anywho, tomorrow morning, I have to take my college placement test. I know I will do good in reading and English, but my math is a little rusty since I haven't been to school in 20 yrs. So, today I am going to study. Guess I have to get use to that!! LOL Before I go study though, I wanted to show you what I came up for the Angel's Landing DT Challenge for this week.

This, of course, is for this week's Angel's Landing Blog DT Challenge. Judi has challenged us to 'Think Small'. We had to create something that was 3 x 3 or smaller.

For my 'Think Small' challenge, I chose to make a 3 x 3 Notecard Box with notecards. I used the images from the Toys On Wheels set colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. My main image was printed twice and colored. I cut the wheels out of one of the images and popped them up with demensionals onto the second image. My embellishments include ribbon, and tiny hands and feet buttons.

What do y'all think?

Digital images can be found at Angel's Landing

CARD DETAILS:

Stamps: Angel's Landing Toys on Wheels
Paper: SU! Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, WWhite, DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl DP
Ink: None
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Mineral Spirits, Nestibilities, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Tiny Hands and Feet Buttons, SU! Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Demensionals
Technique: Gamsol Magic, 3x3 Notecard Box

Digital Tuesday Challenge #32

2009-11-10T00:37:00.002-05:00

Hey there everyone,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #32. Our hostess this week is the wonderfully talented Anjou. In her Holiday Wishes challenge, she has challenged us to create a card or gift to get the holidays rolling.
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My layout is this week's sketch challenge from Just Christmas and Birthday Cards
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My image is from our sponsor this week Dustin Pike. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. For my embellishments, I used a gingerbread cookie charm and three rhinestone gems. I embossed my sentiment in black to make it pop out more.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

CARD DETAILS:

Stamps: Dustin Pike's Ginger Buddy, SU! Sweet Holidays, SU! All Year Cheer II
Paper: All SU! Chocolate Chip, Creamy Carmel, Real Red, WWhite
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Carmel, VersaMark
Accessories: Prismacolr Pencils, Mineral Spirits, Black EP, Nestibilities, Cookie Charm, Rhinestone Gems, Demensionals
Technique: Gamsol Magic

Angel's Landing Peguin Chicks

2009-11-06T17:08:00.002-05:00

Hello,

I am so late on posting this. I swear, the powers that be just would not let me get home today so I could upload this card. With hubby, and oldest being sick with a nasty stomach bug, my youngest needing to go to school, my oldest needing a school project turned in today while she is sick at home, helping a friend in a panic to find an outfit for this weekend, appts, and picking my youngest back up from school, I am amazed I am actually finally home so I CAN upload this.

This is for my Angel's Landing Blog DT card for the week.

I has chose to use images from the newly released Penguin Chicks. I used Prismacolor pencils and odorless mineral spirits to color my images. The Cuttlebug Snowflake folder was used on SU! Shimmer White paper for the background layer. For my finishing touch, I added Dazzling Diamonds to snowflake brads and the snow on the sentiment.

What do y'all think?

Digital images can be found at Angel's Landing

Angel's Landing DT Challenge

2009-10-28T07:16:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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This is for my weekly Angel's Landing DT Challenge. This week is a wild card challenge. We can make anything we want.
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My card is made with a digital image from thePenguin Chicks set. I used Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits to color the image. The Cuttlebug Snowflake folder was used on SU! Shimmer White paper for the bg layer. I embossed white snowflakes on the Bashful Blue and stamped 'Happy Feet' with an alphabet stamp set. For a finishing touch, I added dazzling diamonds to three snowflake brads.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Angel's Landing

KLM Designs Thank You Lily

2009-10-26T17:24:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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Had to go to the dentist today, but I did manage to make a card. Just late uploading it.
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This is for today's Technique Challenge 244 Retiform Technique. I used Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, and Yoyo Yellow for my colors to bayer with.
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My image is a digital image from KLM Designs. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used my Nestibilities to create a popup window for the image.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

KLM Designs Give Thanks

2009-10-14T13:14:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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I finally am doing a SCS Challenge!! It has been so long.
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This is for today's Sketch Challenge 250.
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This is also for several challenges I found via The Daily Dare
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The first is the Bellie Challenge #76 where we were to create a card, scrapbook page, or project with a Fall and Thanksgiving theme with a LEAF on your project . You could use the Designer Paper, Stamps, Brads...just about anything you have lying around your room!
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The second is the Cuttlebug Challenge #52 where we were to create a Fall or Halloween card. I am not sure if you can tell, but my Really Rust layer is cuttlebugged with the Pumpkin folder.
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And the last, but not least is the Gingersnap Creations Challenge #26 where we were to use brads. I used 3 leaf brads.
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My images are digital images from KLM Designs. They are colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I cut them out and popped them up with demensionals. My sentiment is from the SU! Happy Harmony set.
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What do you think?
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Digital images can be found at KLM Designs

Angel's Landing October New Release Blog Hop

2009-10-14T09:00:00.007-04:00

Welcome to the October Angels Landing Blog Hop. If you missed the beginning, head over to Judi's digi-stamps blog and follow the links. Today the Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for October, Season's Tweetings and Penguin Chicks.

Well, Hello there.

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Welcome to my 2nd Blog Hop. I am so excited. I so love the new images and can't wait to show you more throughout the month. For my first card, I have used an image from the Season's Tweetings set. For my layout, I used Monday's SCS Technique Challenge #242 where we were to create an easel card. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. I added gold glitter to the hanging Christmas balls and to make it match, I added gold giltter to my brads as well. Both of my DP's came from Hobby Lobby. I so enjoy using the red crinkley one!! It adds such a cool demensional effect. My ribbon is just some wired Christmas ribbon, and my sentiment is a pre-made sticker from K&Company.
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What do y'all think?

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Your next stop on the Blog Hop is >> Jeanette's blog << and if you get lost, don't worry just go back to Judi's digi-stamps blog and follow the links.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope, no, I know you will enjoy the rest of our hop.

Have a beautiful and blessed day!!

Michelle

Digital Tuesday Challenge #28

2009-10-13T13:34:00.000-04:00

Hey there,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge. Our lovely Amy is our hostess this week and she has challenged us to make a Halloween card or porject.
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My image is a Dustin Pike digital image. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I cut it out and popped it up with demensionals. My 'BOO" is actually buttons.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios

Angels Landing DT Challenge

2009-10-07T07:43:00.000-04:00

Hello Everyone,
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This is my Angels Landing DT challenge for the week. Judi has challenged us to use no bright white and Autumn colors -Golds, Oranges, Maroons, Browns, and similar
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I used images from Autumn Tweetings colored with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. The images are popped up with demensionals. I used Chocolate Chip as my base color, two different DP's I got from Hobby Lobby, and brushed gold metallic paper to accent. I daubered my Chocolate Chip paper with Chocolate Chip ink to give it a more bolder look. For my embellishments, I used brads and wired ribbon. My sentiment is computer generated and daubered with Really Rust around the edges.
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What do you think?
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Be sure to check us out next Wednesday for our Angels Landing New Release Blog Hop!!! You are gonna LOVE the new images!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #27

2009-10-06T12:49:00.001-04:00

Hello there,
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This is for today's Digital Tuseday Challenge #27. Shelly is our hostess this week and she has challenge us to create something that has to do with music.
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This is also for today's Flourishes Timeless Tuseday Challenge and yesterday's Cuttlebug Spot Challenge. Both challenges were for you to think pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I know there are other colors, but there is alot of pink too.
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My images is a digital image from KLM Designs. The image is Emily Ballerina and she is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used my Cuttlebug Music Folder for my BG, and my sentiment is a sticker.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Dustin Pike's New Release

2009-10-05T17:06:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone,
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I just wanted to show you a card a made this weekend. It is attached to any challenges, I just made it because I wanted to show off several of Dustin Pike's new images that were released last Thursday.
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I colored all of them with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut them all out, and popped them up with different levels of demensionals. For my sky, I used a punched out scallop and daubered it with Cool Carribean. I edged two of my layers with a gold Ziggy paint pen. My sentiment is a sticker that says 'Fairy Tales do come true'. I cut off the Fairy Tales which is on the front and I am putting the 'do come true' on the inside.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

Angels Landing

2009-10-02T11:00:00.003-04:00

I was supposed to have this up first thing this morning, but I am having some major family issues going on right now and I wasn't able to get this up in time. I will come back a little later to give details on this card, but for now this image is from Angels Landing. You can check out their wesite by clicking on the link in my side bar.

Sweet Baby

2009-09-27T13:00:00.003-04:00

Hello,
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Sorry for the crappy photo, but it is cloudy here today and that never makes for a good clear picture.
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 138 Nancy (NancyRuth). I chose this card to CASE.
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I kept just about everything the same.
I added a layer to the base.Changed the DP, image, and embellie.
I didn't have sticky letters so I stamped them and cut them out in squares.
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My image is a digital image from Angels Landing. It is from the Mini Bears and Birds set. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut out, and popped up with demensionals.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Angels Landing

KLM Digital Design Sneak Peek for October 1st

2009-09-25T14:41:00.000-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 239 SOS My SOS is...
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S-Script Cuttlebug folder
O-round brads, or the circles on my DP
S- SCS Sketch Challenge 246
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This is also for SCS Tuesday's Color Challenge 237 where we were to use Rich Razzelberries (I used Bravo Burgundy), Crushed Curry (I used Summer Sun), and Black.
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My images are a sneak peek from KLM Digital Designs that will be released on October 1st. I colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS then cut them out and popped them up with demensionals.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at KLM Digital Designs starting October 1st.

Sweet Sammy

2009-09-25T14:22:00.002-04:00

Hey there,
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This is for today's SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 239 SOS. My SOS is...
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S-Sammy the Squirrel image
O-Handmade buttons (Monday's SCS Technique Challenge239)
S-Strawberries
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My image is a digital image from Digital Stamp Oasis colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My buttons were made with layering 5 Pink Piroette circles and 1 Strawberry DP circle. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Digital Stamp Oasis

Digital Tuesday Challenge #25

2009-09-23T16:23:00.000-04:00

Hey there everyone,
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This week I am the hostess for the Digital Tuesday Challenge and I have challenged everyone to use falling leaves on their creation. Check out the blog for the details.
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This is my sample for the challenge. My image is from KLM Designs. The image is the newly released Harvest Scarecrow. I colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used my new Nestibilities to cut out the image. My dp is a foil dp from me and my BiG ideas. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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The digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Angels Landing Challenge

2009-09-23T11:04:00.000-04:00

Hey there everyone,
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This is for today's Angels Landing Challenge. Today's challenge is a sketch.
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My image is a digital image from Angels Landing's new release called Autumn Tweetings. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used foil DP from me and my BiG ideas, wired ribbon for my embelli, and I am not sure where the sentiment came from. It was loose in my closet of stamps and I thought it perfect to use.
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What do y'all think?
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You can find thedigital image at Angels Landing

OMG!!! It's an SU! card!!

2009-09-20T10:53:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 137 Heather (tankgrl). What an awesome gallery she has!! I chose this card to CASE.
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I kept her same basic theme of the three trees and plaid DP, but from there my card kinda took a life of it's own. Believe it or not, I have actually had this image with it's layers done since last year. I just never got around to putting it to a card. My image is the SU! Christmas Classics set. It is stamped using SU! markers with the center tree popped up with demensionals. The scalloped layer was done with the SU! square scallop punch. I punched out 9 squares and taped them together to create my layer. This was before I was introduced to Nestibilities!!
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Well, my image was to big to put on a regular 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 so I made it a 5 1/2x 5 1/2. There ended up not being enough room to put a sentiment at the bottom, but it didn't matter because I already had the sentiment above the trees. I had already had dazzling diamonds under my trees so all I added was my gold trimmed ribbon.
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So there you have it,
What do y'all think?

Dustin Pike!!

2009-09-19T14:09:00.001-04:00

Hey there everyone,
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This is for today's Inspiration Challenge 198 LAMA e-store. I chose this to be inspired by.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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Sorry so short, but gotta take little one to see Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!!
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What yo y'all think?

Dutin Pike Spooky Stair Step Card

2009-09-19T12:16:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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I wanted to play yesterday, but the powers that be didn't allow me to. I did have something in mind I wanted to make, but I had to wait until this morning to make it.
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This is for yesterday's Limited Supplies Challenge 238 Spooky Colors where we were challenged to used spooky colors on our creations. We could use up to 4 embellies, but I chose to go with none. Enless your consider a few demensionals as embellies.
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My images are digital images from Dustin Pike. My trick-or-treaters are colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I then cut them out and popped them up with demensionals. My bg is made with SU!'s House of Haunts. I black embossed the images on white, then I daubered the different colors to create the scene. I used my new Martha Stewart fence punch, and my sentiment is from SU!'s Autumn Apparitions embossed in black also.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios

Angels Landing September Blog Hop

2009-09-16T09:00:00.006-04:00

Hello Everyone,
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OMG!! Check it out, this is the very first blog hop I have had the pleasure to be a hostess of!! How cool is this!! I have lots of exciting news to tell you!!
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With that said, here goes!!!
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Welcome to the September Angels Landing Blog Hop!!! If you missed the beginning telling you all that is going on, then hop on over to Judi's Angels Landing Digital Stamps Blog and follow the links. Today the awesome Design Team is introducing two new digital image sets for September, Autumn Tweetings and Ho Ho Holidays
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I am the first in the line of way awesome samples using these images. I chose to work with this adorable Christmas Kitten. It is from the Ho Ho Holidays set. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I added a touch of glitter to the holly berries and used Liquid Applique with the heat gun to add fluffy texture to the hat. I cut it out with my Nestiblities and trimmed the edges with my Gold Painty Pen. I added dots and trimmed the edges with the Gold Painty Pen on the base Nestibilities cutout also. I popped both layers up with demensionals. I stamp a holly all over my green layer and colored them with markers to make them pop.
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What do y'all think?
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Your next stop is Broni's Blog You will want to check her out along with all the other Design Team Members as well. There are several chances to win BLOG CANDY along the way!! If you get lost, you can always check back on the master's list at Judi's Angels Landing Digital Stamps Blog
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Thanks for visiting with me on my first blog hop, and I hope, no I know you will enjoy the rest of the hop!!
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Have a beautiful day!!
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Michelle

Digital Tuesday Challenge #24

2009-09-15T16:33:00.002-04:00

Hey there everyone,
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I have another Design Team Challenge card I need to upload, but this time it is for Digital Tuseday's Challenge #24. We were challenged to make a Clean and Simple Fall Card.
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Lordy, Lordy do I have trouble with clean and simple, but I think I managed it!! LOL Oh do I want to add layers, embellies, and DEMENSIONALS though!!!! I think I am gonna faint because I didn't use any of them!! LOL
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My image is from one of my past Design Teams Doodle Palace. The image is from their Thanksgiving Set. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used my new Nestibilities to cut it out. I used the Cuttlebug to give the base a little umph. My sentiment is from High Hopes Stamps.
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What do you think?

Angel's Landing Last Wednesday's Challenge

2009-09-15T14:48:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone,

I have had some major computer issues as of late. I have not been able to get onto the internet for over a week. but now everything has been taken care of and now I am back up and running!!!

With that said, I was unable to upload my challenge project for my new Design Team Angel's Landing. If you visit their blog, you saw a picture of my project, but it was never posted on SCS or my blog. Well, here I am finally posting!!

This is for Angel's Landing's Wednesday Challenge for last week. The challenge was ABC-Any Thing But a Card. The design team’s challenge last week was to create any paper craft project — other than a card. I made an A2 box. I used the cow image from the Toys on Wheels digital stamps set. I printed the image twice and colored them with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I then cut out one complete image and the base wheels of the other. I popped the base wheels up with demensionals and popped up the whole image with more demensionals. I used my Nestibilities as a base under the image. My ribbon is wired, and my sentiment is computer generated.

What do y'all think?

My image can be found at Angel's Landing

Check out the rest of the Design Teams projects!! They are all so awesome!! The Angel's Landing's blog is here.

Also, check my blog tomorrow for Angel's Landing's New Release Blog Hop!!

Digital Tuesday Challenge #23

2009-09-08T07:51:00.000-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #23. Maria is our wonderful hostess this week and she has challenged us to make a project using a teen/child/baby digital image!
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My image is a digital image from Cut It Out Paper Crafts. I have colored her with mostly Copics Markers. I do not have flesh colored markers yet so I used Prismacolor Pencils and OMS to color the skin. I computer generated my sentiment.
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What do you think?

New Design Team Announcement!!!

2009-09-02T16:31:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
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It is bad weather here in Florida so my picture is all dark and gloomy.
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This is for today's SCS Sketch Challenge 244
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This is also for many challenges I was not able to get to over the weekend and one that was today's.
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First is today's Rubbernecker's Wacky Wednesday Challenge where we were to Cut It Out. My main image is cut out twice and the wheels are popped up with demensionals.
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Second is Saturday's All Sorts Challenge where we were not to do any stamping, but we could use digital images.
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Third is Stamp 'n Scrap Hawaii Challenge where we were to use buttons, buttons, buttons.
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Fourth is for Stamp Something Challenge where we were to use animals.
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And last but not least, this is for Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge where we were to make a baby card.
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My image is a digital image for Angel's Landing It was printed out twice, colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, and the wheels were cut out and popped with demensionals. I am proud to announce I am now a part of Angel's Landing's Design Team for the next 4 months!!! They have such cute images to work with and I look forward to showing you all they have to offer!!
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Angel's Landing

Digital Tuesday Challenge #22

2009-09-01T09:31:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #22. Today our hostess is the lovely Lora. She has challenged us to use Lace and Pearls on our creations.
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My image is from our sponsor this week, Fred She Said. I colored the mermaid with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I printed her out twice. I colored one and used my Nestibilities to cut her out. Then I colored the tail one the second one, cut it out, and adhered it to the main one so the tail would stick out. I also used a glitter pen on the tail's scales to add the shimmer scales have. Everything is pooped up with demensionals. My sentiment is from High Hopes Stamps.
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What do y'all think?

KLM Designs Sneak Peek for September 1st

2009-08-30T18:20:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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Finally, I got to stamp and make a card today!!
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This is for today's Featured Stamper 134 Darlene (akronstamperdpk). I chose this card to CASE.
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I kept her same layout and theme.
I changed the images and colors,
Did not add a grid the my image,
Added a layer.
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This is also for today's Stamptacular Sunday Challenge where we were challenged to use scallops. I used my large scallop Nestibilitie to frame my image.
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My image is a digital sneak peek from KLM Designs that will be released Tuesday, September 1st. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My Very Vanilla was daubered with Creamy Carmel. I punched out the center with my Nestibilities. Then I popped it up with demensionals to frame the image.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs September 1st.

DT Call for Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog

2009-08-27T20:49:00.000-04:00

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Hi all,

just a quick post to let you all know we are looking for 2 Design Team member to add to our digital tuesday team. Click here for all the details.

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Very Vintage

2009-08-27T17:05:00.003-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's Ways to Use It Challenge 233 Very Vintage where we were to make a vintage card. 365 Days Challenge was to also use a vintage image.
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Color Create's Challenge was to use Ruby, Cream, and Gold. I used these colors, but also added Chocolate Chip. By adding Chocolate Chip, I am not sure if this quailfies for their challenge, but their colors are what inspired me for my creation.
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This is also for today's C.R.A.F.T. Challenge where we were to use embossing on our cards. My bg is embossed with the Cuttlebug then daubered with Creamy Carmel to give it an aged look.
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My sketch is from Lily of the Valley minus the sentiment.
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My main image is from Hobby Lobby that I have had for a long time. I stamped it in StazOn Timber Brown twice. I cut it out with my new hexagon Nestibilities and trimmed the edges off. I colored the butterflies with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut them out, glued them to the base, and lifted the wings for demension. I used a gold zig painty pen on the time pieces. I then daubered Creamy Carmel to give the vintage look.
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What do y'all think?

KLM Designs Sneak Peek for September 1st

2009-08-26T17:26:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone,
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It has been a while since I have been able to stamp. I have been horribly sick for almost two weeks now. I finally had enough energy to sit and make a card today.
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This is for Monday's Technique Challenge 235 Painted Grid where we were to use drywall mesh tape and Gesso acrylic paint with a brayer to make a painted grid.
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This is also for today's Sketch Challenge 243
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My image is a sneak peek digital image from KLM Designs that will be released on September 1st. The image is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs on September 1st.

Now back to bed!!

Dustin Pike New Release

2009-08-15T14:09:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,

This is for today's Inspiration Challenge 193 The Curiosity Shoppe. I went on an extreme stretch and chose this for it's colors only.

This is also for Heart Hugs Designs Etsy-Inspired Challenge #49. MelissaKate is the store we were to get inspiration from. I chose this as my inspiration.

My sketch came from yesterday's Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #78

My main image is a new release from Dustin Pike and my mummy is from SU!s Booglie Eyes. Both of them are colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday and bought some new nestibilities!! I couldn't wait to use them. I thought they fit perfectly with these images. I bought the DP last year, but never used it. I couldn't resist adding it to my card. My spider is a flatback.

I am way behind on my personal challenge to create 10 cards for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas each month. It seems since I got on DT's and it being summertime, I just haven't had the time to make them. With that said, I am going to make 10 of these to add to my collection I have already made. I have to admit though I am majorly cheating. I took the original and photo copied it for the other 9 I am making. They still look cool though!!

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

KLM Designs New Release for August 1st

2009-08-14T13:47:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's Limited Supplies Challenge 233 where we were to make a card with a summertime activity. In our neighborhood, we have a huge oak tree in our kiddy park that has a swing hanging from it. My girls and I have been swinging from it all summer and after we finish swinging, we head to the pool to cool off. So my summertime activity is swinging from the tree.
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It just so happens that Stamp Something's Challenge is Summertime also.
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This is also for yesterday All That Scraps Challenge where we were to doodle on our cards, and for Wednesday'sFlutterby Wednesday Challenge where we were to create anything as long as there was a butterfly or fairy on it.
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My image is a digital image from KLM Designs that was released August 1st. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Dustin Pike New Release

2009-08-13T16:48:00.002-04:00

Hey there,
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This is for Tuesday's Digital Tuesday Challenge. Ellie is our hostess this week, and she has challenged us with a sketch. I am a little late getting this done, but hey, at least I finally got it done!!
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This is also for Wednesday's ABC Challenge. This week's letter is A for ANYTHING GOES with an optional animal.
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This is for today's Dutch Dare Challenge where we were to create a Christmas card.
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And finally, this is for today's Three Clovers Design Challenge where we were to use a digital stamp or a bg you created with your computer. I chose a digital stamp.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that was released last Thursday. It is colored with Copics Markers.
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What do you think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

KLM Designs New Release

2009-08-13T14:09:00.002-04:00

Hello,

This is for today's Ways To Use It Challenge 231 Variegated Color. Variegated colors flow from one color into the next and then back again. I am my ribbon with Copic Markers.

This is also for several challenges I found via The Daily Dare

First is for Wednesday's ABC Challenge. The letter this week is A for ANYTHING GOES with an optional use of an animal.

Second is for All That Scraps where we were challenged to doodle on our creations.

Third is for Three Clovers Designs where we were to use a digital images and/or create a bg with your computer. I chose to use a digital image.

And last, but not least, my sketch is the My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

My image is a newly released digital image from KLM Designs. I colored the turtle with Copics Markers. My sentiment is computer generated.

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Froggy Sunshine from Doodle Palace

2009-08-13T11:45:00.000-04:00

Hello,

This for today's Ways To Use It Challenge 231 Variegated Color. Variegated colors flow from one color into the next and then back again. This was actually a technique I learned at my Copics Certification class. I did my ribbon this way, but I also used this technique on the grass in my image.

This is also for several other challenges I found via The Daily Dare

The first is for All That Scraps where we were to doodle on our creations.

The second is for Lili of the Valley where we were to use charms.

The third is for Three Clovers Designs where we were to use a digital image or a bg made from your computer. I chose to go with a digital image.

And last, but not least, my sketch cam from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

My image is a digital image from Doodle Palace. The image was released July 28. It is colored with a combination of Copic Markers and Prismacolor Pencils with OMS. The sky, rocks, and ground are done with pencils. The rest is done with Copics.

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for August 13th

2009-08-12T10:41:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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This is for yesterday Color Challenge 231 where we were tostamp an image on any color cardstock you desire, using bleach instead of an inkpad. Whatever color the cardstock bleaches out to is your second color. Add a neutral, if desired, and you're good to go! I chose Only Orange with the Print Pattern BG. It faded out to Barely Banana and It matched it until I daubered Barely Banana around the edges, but hey, it is still the color!! LOL
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This is also for today's Stech Challenge 241
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from Dustin Pike that will be released this Thursday, August 13th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut out, and popped up with demensionals.
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What do y'all think?

KLM Designs New Release

2009-08-10T09:27:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone,
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This is another one of the images I colored at my Copics Certification class two weeks ago and I finally have put it to a card.
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This is for the Pile It On and 2 Red Bananas challenges where we were to use only cardstock on our creations, no DP. With 2 Red Bananas, we were to use use one embellishment. I used ribbon, of course.
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My sketch is the Sketch Challenge 239 from two weeks ago.
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My image is a newly released image from KLM Designs. It was released August 1st. Yes, I am a little late getting my images out, but I am trying to catch up!!
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at KLM Designs

Digital Tuseday Challenge #18

2009-08-09T15:11:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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OMG!! I just realized I hadn't uploaded my Digital Tuesday Challenge card. I also noticed it wasn't on the Challenge blog under the DT samples either. I know I had uploaded it to there, but I am not sure why it is not on there. I had made this last Saturday and then went on our Disney Cruise. I had planed on uploading it to my blog when I got back, but I forgot.
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So....with that being said...
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This is for Digital Tuesday Challenge #18. Carisa was our hostess this week and she challenged us to use bling.
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My images are from My grafico. I loved all the images so much, I wanted to used many of them on one card so I made a stair-step card. I colored all the images with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My bling is all the rhinestones on the flower and the glitter pen I used on the sentiment.
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What do you think?

Dustin Pike's Newly Released

2009-08-09T14:47:00.002-04:00

Hello there,

July 28th, I went to a Copics certification class!! Wow, did I learned a lot of new stuff about the Copics. I colored many images with the Copics I had, and I have finally put one of them to a card. Now, I know everyone likes my use of Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, but I wanted to broaden my choice of mediums to use in coloring. I will continue to use my pencils and OMS, but sometimes I will change it up, and use my Copics.

This is for today's Featured Stamper 131 Joanne(SleepyinSeattle). I chose this card to CASE.

I kept her same basic layout and the idea of placing brads on the tree for decorations, but pretty much changed everything else.

I changed the colors and the stamped images.

I added two metallic gold layers.

I changed the snowflake circles to stars.

And I took away the Build-a-brads.

I also added demensionals to make it pop up.

This is also for Pile It On and 2 Red Bananas challenges. They both challenged us to use only cardstock, no DP. Along with the only cardstock, 2 Red Bananas wanted us to use only one type of embellishment. We could use however much of the embellishment, but only one type. I chose brads, of course.

My main images is a newly released digital image from Dustin Pike. It was released along with 10 other images on Thursday, August 6th. Again, it is colored with Copics markers. I used a black SU! Marker for the sentiment.

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for August 13th

2009-08-08T12:17:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,
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Well, I am back from my Disney cruise and ready to make some cards!! We had loads of fun and took lots and lots of pics!! Now, it is time for me to catch up on all my DT's!!
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This is for today's Inspiration Challenge 192 ~ Bellacor Vases. I chose this vase to be inspired by.
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My image is a sneak peek digital image from Dustin Pike that will be released next Thursday, Aug 13th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I paper toled him by printing him out 3 times and popping him up with demensionals.
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What do you think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios on Thursday, Aug. 13th.

2009-08-07T12:18:00.002-04:00

I am back home from our Disney Cruise!! We had an awesome time!! I didn't want to bombard my blog with pics, but if you would like to see more pics you can check me out on my facebook page here. I will start making cards tomorrow to upload.

Halloween to Die For!!!

2009-07-31T12:06:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
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Sorry I have been AWOL of late, but summertime sure is busy with the kids and I seem to never have time to stamp!!! I will be glad when they go back to school in a couple of weeks so I can get back to a normal schedule and get to stamp more often!!
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This past week, I had to deal with my oldest DD and her Championship Swim Meet. It took up my whole weekend. Three days, of watching her race her events. I am totally and extremely proud of her. She won 5 out of 7 of her heats and took time off everyone one of her times!! She even got 2 Championship ribbons for her relays!! As soon as we were done on Sunday, I had to head down to Orlando for my Copics Certification Class on Monday!! Yippee!!! I am now Copics certified!! I didn't get back until Tuesday. Then my DH announced a surprise. Sunday we leave for a 4 day 3 night Disney Cruise!!!!!! So now I have been busy shopping for the trip, but I did take time out to make this card this morning. I am hoping to make several more cards with the images I colored with my new copics later on this afternoon. Like I said, major busy this summer!!
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This is for today's SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 231 where we were to use dies on our cards. We could use a stamp for a sentiment or to create a bg, but not both. I chose to use neither. I used my Sizzix Halloween die that I have had for awhile now. I have been dieing to use this die!! LOL I used daubers with Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Old Olive to give it it's look.
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What do y'all think?

Lexicon Sympathy

2009-07-21T12:24:00.000-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Color Challenge 228 where we were to use Pretty in Pink, Really Rust, and Not Quite Navy. I know it is a shocker, but I am not using my DT stuff for this one. I got my SU! order!! I just got Lexicon of Leaves and was ready to break it out and play with it. I thought this color combo was quite unique for exactly this set!!
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This is also for 365 Cards where we were to create a sympathy without using a sentiment.
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My sketch came from Midnight Madness Challenge #11
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What do y'all think?

Digital Stamp Oasis Freebie!!

2009-07-21T08:57:00.000-04:00

Hey there,
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This is for today's Digital Tuesday Challenge #16. Our fabulous hostess this week is Amy and she has challenged us to make a Christmas card!!
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My image is a free digital image from Digital Stamp Oasis. Ellie is giving this precious image away for free for the month of July. It will go up for sale at the end of the month. So grab it while you can!! You can download the image from here. I have colored the image with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I computer generated the sentiment.
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What do y'all think?

Doodle Palce Sneak Peek for July 21st

2009-07-20T14:06:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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This card doesn't really belong to anthing. I just wanted to make a card for the second image that is being released at Doodle Palace tomorrow, July 21st. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I didn't really have a place to put my sentiment, so for the inside, I am going to put 'It's a jungle out there.'
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace Tuesday, July 21st.

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek for July 21st

2009-07-20T12:22:00.002-04:00

Hey there,
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Well, I didn't have any fabric to do the SCS Technique Challenge for today so I went to The Daily Dare to find some challenges to work with.
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This is for today's CCEE Challenge where we were to creating something for summer. Well, fishing is a part of summer right? I know my DH just got back from fishing.
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This is also for The Pink Elephant Challenge where we were to use animals. I chose a bear with fish!!
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This is for Our Creative Corner's Saturday Challenge where we were to use 3 different types of embellies. I used jumbo eyelets, buttons (yes the fish and hat are buttons!), and twine.
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And finally this is for Pollycraft's Sketch Challenge where the twist was to include food or drink. Well, the fish are the food!! LOL
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from Doodle Palace that will be released tomorrow, July 21st. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I compter generated my sentiment.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace on Tuesday, July 21st.

Dustin Pike Christmas in July

2009-07-17T11:56:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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I got to stamp before taking the girls and friends to Adventure Landing (Jacksonville, Fl water park). I tell ya I will be glad when they go back to school. I am so behind on all my DT stuff!!
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This is for today's SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 229 What Were Those Colors Anyhow? where we were to use the colors of our wedding or High School colors. Well, seeing I went to the JOP to get married, I don't really have wedding colors so I went with my High School colors. Temple High School Wildcats Blue and White!! We were also to chose staples, clips, or photo turns. I went with a cool paper clip to hold my ribbon.
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This is for yesterday SCS Ways to Use It Challenge 227 Seeing Double where we were to use two of something. I chose to go with the 3 brads on each side of my snowman.
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This is also for both Cut Card Thursday and Three Clover Designs challenges where we were to create Christmas cards.
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And my sketch came from yesterday's Stamp and Smiles Challenge
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that he released last week. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut out, and popped up with demensionals.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for July 16th

2009-07-15T17:53:00.005-04:00

Hello,

Well, it is that time again. Time for another Dustin Pike Sneak Peek!!

This is for today's SCS Sketch Challenge 237.

This is also for both Christmas Stampin' Challenge #25 and The Cuttlebug Spot Challenge #39. Both challenges were to create both the outside and the inside of the card.

My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that will be released tomorrow, July 16th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I did trace over it with a black SU! Marker to make it pop out more. I trimmed the image so it came out of the box a little, and I added dazzling diamonds to some of the snow. I used the Cuttlebug with the Snowflake folder on panel 1 and 3. The ribbon treatment is CASEd from the way Markie's mom has been making her card lately. I like the look so I chose to CASE it for this card. My sentiment on panel 2 is from Cold Play. I stamped it in Craft White all over except for one and it is in StazOn Black. I also added dazzling diamonds to my snowflake brads.

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio Thursday, July 16th

House of Haunts

2009-07-14T18:20:00.000-04:00

Hello,
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Wow, summer is extremely busy here at the Redmans House!! It seems I never have time to actually sit down to make a card these days. I will be gald when school is back in session!! Well, it ended up raining pretty good today which made it to where we couldn't go to the pool. So, I got the chance to make a card.
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This is for today's SCS Color Challenge 227 where we were to use Lavender Lace, Barely Banana, Going Grey, Black, and White. Well, when I saw the colors early this morning, I thought 'humm, what am I gonna do with these colors?'. I was still tired so I went back to bed and can you believe, I had a dream about this card. I guess in my subconcious these colors were screaming Halloween to me. The only thing I ended up getting wrong is I used Basic Gray instead of Going Grey.
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I embossed the house with Black EP. I then daubered Barely Banana on the moon and windows. I daubered Lavender Lace for the sky. I daubered Basic Gray on the tombstone and daubered heavier Basic Gray on the ground. My bg is stamped with Weathered in black. Then I took a dauber and smeared Barely Banana all around to create the look it has. I added Bat Ribbon, an Owl Charm, and some brads, and viola, this is what I got.
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I am way behind on my personal challenge to create a Halloween card each month and make 10 of them. So, I will be making 9 more of these except, I to figure out what to put in place of the owl if anything since I only had one of this owl.
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What do y'all think?

Dustin Pike's July 1st Freebie

2009-07-12T15:22:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
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Well, I am late to the birthday praty, but I had to get this card out of my mind or I wouldn't have been able to enjoy the party!! LOL
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 127 Kelly(shirmcat). This time, I chose to CASE this card
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I kept her same basic layout and them, but added some layers and changed up the colors a little.
I used the same technique, Faux Mosaic, but kinda had to adapt it to what I had to use.
I changed the image but kept it the same kind of image. Even put the crystal brads in the way Kelly did for the snowman buttons, but added dazzling diamonds to the bottom snow.
Instead of putting white snow dots on my red panel, I Cuttlebugged it with the Swiss dot folder.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that was his freebie for July 1st. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, cut out, and popped up with demensionals.
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What do y'all think?
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To download Dustin Pike's freebie, click here

Dustin Pike Newly Released

2009-07-12T13:29:00.000-04:00

Hello there,
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 127 Kelly(schirmcat). I have a couple picked out I would like to CASE, but I am not sure I will be able to get to them all today. I have to go to a birthday party for friends today at 3 pm 'til Lord only knows when!! For now, I chose this card to CASE.
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I kept Kelly's same basic layout and theme, but changed up the colors a bit.
I used a different image, but the same kind of image.
I changed my sky to Blue Brocade instead of white and added snow with Craft White.
I change the type of ribbon used.
I moved my sentiment to the snow on the bottom.
And instead of using the Cuttlebug, I added Dazzling Diamonds
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My images are two different digital images from Dustin Pike that were released last Thursday. The bird is actually on the arm of another snowman, but I only needed the bird. So, I colored both images with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, and I cut the brid off of the other snaowman. Both images were cut out and popped up on demensionals. I did outline both images with a black SU! Markers to make the images pop a little more.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

Wow, I got a Blog AWARD!!!

2009-07-11T13:07:00.004-04:00

Wow!! I got a blog award!! How cool is that! I haven't really gotten to many blog awards and I was given this one by the lovely Queen Davia Designs she has a great blog you should really check out!

Now there are some rules to this award (I know I know but I guess, this is what makes it fun)

Here are the rules:

1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.

2) Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award. These talented people all have something great to offer please check out their blogs and leave them some love!

Here are the 15 I chose..

1. Connie McCotter -McStampin Dusk til Dawn

2. Dawn Mercedes -Amusing Musings & Things

3. Veronica Reed-Kreative License

4. Tracey Cuccia - *Insert Crative Witty Blog Name Here*

5. Ri Holley -Coconut Lounge Creations

6. Poppet -Poppet's Place

7. Peggy Marsh -The Wired Angel

8. Paula Carr -Paula's Pondering

9. Jason Casper -Stamps and Scraps..{byScrappindad}

10. Ginny Christiansen -My5Bratz Creation

11. Dominique Hornberger -Mephisto's Blog

12. Cheri Howard -The Paper Freak

13. Lorraine Aquilina -Lorraine's Loft

14. Jen Young -Pieces of Me

15. Cathy Indelicato -Crafty Thoughts

Thank you very much QueenDavia for honoring me with this award!!

Have a Great Day!!

Michelle

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek for July 14th

2009-07-11T12:38:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,
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This is for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge 188 Chasing Fireflies. I chose this cute little costume as my inspiration.
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This is also for the Our Creative Corner Challenge where we were to use an animal in our creation. I chose to use a lion!! LOL
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My sketch came from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge from Sweet n' Sassy.
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from Doodle Palace that will be released Tuesday, July 14th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace starting Tuesday, July 14th.

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for Today

2009-07-09T12:25:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone,
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I am back from Ohio. Even though it was a sad occasion, it was great to see all my relatives from my dad's side of the family. My grandmother's funeral was beautiful and we all got to take a rose home from her flowers. I plan on hanging it upside to dry in a couple of days and once dry, placing it in a case with her card.
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The card I made is for 7 different challenges. I am trying to catch up on what I missed while I was gone. Many of my challenge came via The Daily Dare
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First, this is for today's SCS Ways to Use it Challenge 226 Christmas in July where we were to make a holiday card.
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Second, this is for yesterday's 365 cards Day 130 where we were to create something humorous. I thought a snowman trying to stay toasty was quite humorous.
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Third, this is for yesterday's ABC Challenge V for Vellum where we were to use vellum on our cards. My bg paper is vellum with snowflakes on it.
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Fourth, this is for yesterday's Belli Challenge where we were to use texture. I used my Cuttlebug with the Snowflake folder on my glitter paper and I used stickles on all of the brads and the snowflakes on the cup.
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Fifth, this is for yesterday's Sissy Scraps Challenge where we were to make a Christmas in July Card for Heroes card.
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Sixth, this is for yesterday's Storage Units, Inks, and More's Whachadoin' Wednesday Challenge where we were to use stripes on our cards.
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And finally, this for yesterday's Sketch Challenge 236.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that will be released sometime today. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. The sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio sometime today.

KLM Designs Sneak Peek for July 6th

2009-07-04T10:04:00.001-04:00

Hello,

I managed to sneak in a little time to create a card before my flight to my Grandmother's funeral. I have had these images colored since Wednesday, but with trying to prepare to go to Cincinnati and not knowing when I will be back, I have not had any time to sit and make a card. Well, I am all ready to leave and had some time to make this card.

This is for many challenges.

First, this is for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge 187 Posters.com. I went with this poster of a frog for my inspiration.

Second, this is for yesterday's Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge where we were to use embossing on our creation and of course, a digi stamp. I used the Negative Effect with my Cuttlebug Folder.

Third, this is for yesterday's Daring Cardmakers Challenge where we were to use green and blue. I added some yellow and a little brown to mine.

Fourth, this is for yesterday's Stampin' B's Challenge where we were to use metal on our creation. I used hardware on mine.

And last but not least, this is for Wednesday's SCS Sketch Challenge 235

My image is a digital image sneak peek from KLM Designs that will be released Monday, July 6th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I computer generated my sentiment.

What do y'all think?

As I need to attend matters with my grandmother, I do not know when I will be posting again. Everyone have a great 4th of July and I will see y'all when I get back.

Digital image can be at KLM Designs on Monday July 6th.

I'll be gone for awhile.

2009-07-03T20:39:00.003-04:00

Hello everyone,

I am sorry I have not been posting lately and I won't be posting for a while.
Tuesday morning my grandmother on my father's side passed away from a massive heart attack. I will be flying to Cininnati, Ohio on Saturday. I am not sure when I will be back as we have many things to attend to. I had full intentions of making a few cards with some of my DT's new releases before I left, but the powers that be didn't allow me the time to do that. I am planing on taking several new images with me to color while I am there and will make cards with them when I get back. In the mean time, I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July and I will see y'all when I get back.

Michelle

New KLM Designs for the 4th of July!!

2009-07-01T13:09:00.002-04:00

Hello there,
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This is for today's Sketch Challenge 235.
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This is also for today's ABC Challenge. The letter for the week is U for United States.
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This is for today's Belli Challenge where we were to create something Patriotic.
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This is also for today's Crafty Creations Challenge where we were to create something we celebrate. Of course, my is for the 4th of July.
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This was suppose to be for the Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge where we were to create something red, white, and blue with buttons and bonus points for using the Swiss Dots CB folder. Only, I couldn't figure out a good place to put a button without throwing the card off. Ironically enough, my last card fit the challenge perfectly, but that one was already made and uploaded so it can't count.
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My image is a newly released digital image for the holidays from KLM Designs. I colored him with SU! Markers, cut him out, and popped him up with demensionals. I used stars from 3 different stamp sets with Real Red and Brilliant Blue to make my circle bg's. My sentiment is a stamp from SU! Independence Day.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Digital Tuesday Challenge #13

2009-06-30T07:25:00.001-04:00

Hello there everyone,
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This is for the Digital Tuesday Challenge. I, Michelle, am the hostess this week and this is my very first time to ever come up with a blog challenge.I don't know about y'all, but here in Florida where I am from we are definitely midst of summer with the temperatures already in the upper 90's. So my challenge to you is to create something that has to do with SUMMERTIME and of course, it has to have a digistamp somewhere on it!!
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What better way to celebrate summertime than by GRILLING!!
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My images are from Dustin Pike. He just so happens to be our sponsor this week. The images are colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

KLM Newly Released for the 4th of July

2009-06-29T16:50:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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This is for several challenge I found via the Daily Dare
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This is for today's Color Chef Challenge where we were to use Red, White, and Blue.
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This is for today's Cuttlebug Spot where we were to create a card for the 4th of July.
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This is for Wednesday's Crafty Creation's Challenge where we were to create a card with Stars and Stripes. It didn't have to be patriotic, but I went patriotic anyways!! My stripes are on the flag.
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And finally the sketch came from today's The Next Level Challenge
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My image is a newly released digital image for the 4th of July from KLM Designs. It is colored with SU! Markers, but the hair was colored with Copic Markers. I am working on getting more Copics. For my bg, I used Crosshatch BG with Real Red one way and Brilliant Blue the other way. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do you think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs

Howdy Y'all

2009-06-29T11:53:00.001-04:00

Howdy Y'all,
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This is for today SCS Technique Challenge 227 Faux Burnt Edges. I did mine just a little differently, but it's the same concept. I started off with More Mustard paper. I used daubers with More Mustard, Creamy Carmel, Close to Cocoa, and Chocolate Chip ink to create my look. I also de stressed my edges to give them a rough look.
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This is also for Crafty Creation's Wednesday Challenge where we were to use stars and stripes and it didn't have to be a patriotic card.
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This is for Three Clovers Designs Thursday Challenge where we were to create a card for where you are from. I am from Texas if you can't tell!! LOL
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And finally, my sketch is from Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek for June 30th

2009-06-28T20:11:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 125-DawnL. She does having such an amazingly beautiful gallery. I chose this card to CASE.
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Now, I tried to keep with her same basic layout, colors and theme, but the card kinda took a life of it's own and this is what it ended up as.
I changed the image to a different cat and added a fish bowl image.
I kept her colors, but added a few layers of them and stamped a bg on the base layer.
Ironically enough, I only have one corner border punch and it happened to be the same one she used.
I changed her yarn to velvet ribbon with a cording tie.
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All of the images are a sneak peek of a set by Doodle Palace that will be released Tuesday, June 30th. The set has a mix of 9 different images and sentiments. My images are colored with a combination of Prismacolor Pencils and OMS, and Copic Markers. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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All digital images can be found at Doodle Palace on June 30th.

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek for June 30th

2009-06-28T16:20:00.002-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 125 - DawnL. She has one beautiful gallery!! I chose this one to CASE.
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I kept her same basic layout, but changed just about everything else.
I changed the image, but don't light houses make you think of sailing? I know they do to me. So, you could say it goes along with her theme too.
I added some layers to the image.
I added paper piercing.
My ribbon is a smaller width, but I wrapped it twice to get the thickness of hers, but I tied it in the front.
I don't have any metal frames like she has so I made a paper frame.
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My image is a sneak peek digital image from Doodle Palace that will be released Tuesday, June 30th. I printed the image 3 times so I could paper tole the bear. It is all colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace on Tuesday, June 30th

Coloring Tutorial FINALLY Here!!!!

2009-06-27T12:24:00.053-04:00

Well, here it is. Finally, I have manage to put together this tutorial. I tell you, it was very difficult for me. The pictures I had orginally taken turned out horrible. I took them myself while coloring the image. They were blurry and bad quality. So, I had to wait until I had someone here with me to help me take these photos. I tell ya, try to cordinate that was next to impossible, but I finally was able to pen down my oldest DD, Aliyah, to help me out. So this morning I set out to color a new image with Aliyah at my side taking the pictures. Then came the task of uploading and writing out this tutorial. I mean to tell ya, there has got to be an easier way of doing this. It has taken me forever!! It seemed everytime I uploaded a new pic, it skewed all the other ones. It was a pains taking process. I do not know if I will ever atempt to do this again!! Through it all though, I did manage to get it done. I hope you enjoy this and find it helpful in your own journey of coloring.

To start, you will need...

An image to color
Color Pencils from light to dark
Blender Stump
Odorless Mineral Spirits

Now, for the pencil colors, when coloring an image, you want to give it depth. To do this, you need several shades of the color. I usually go with three. A light, a medium, and a dark. In this case, I went with Yellow Orche, Goldenrod, and Burnt Orche. Some times I only go with two, depends on what I am coloring.

To begin, use the lightest color first. In this case, it is Yellow Ochre. Add a slightly thick line of Yellow Ochre to the outer edges of the image.

This is what it look like once you have added Yellow Ochre to the outer edges of the image.

With a blender stump dipped in Odorless Mineral Spirits, blend the color in small circles around the outer edges of the images, pulling the color into the center giving the image complete color coverage.

This is what it looks like once it is all blended.

Now, to add some depth to the image. Color a thinner line of Goldenrod to the all of the edges.

This is what it look like once you have added Goldenrod to the outer edges.

Like the first time around, blend the color in in small circles around the edges and pull the color into the center. Don't pull the color all the way the the center like the first time. Just blend it in part of the way, making it look smooth. You want the lighter color to stay showing in the center.

This is what it looks like once it is all blended.

Now you want more depth to the outer parts of the image. Take Burnt Ochre and add a thin line of color to the outer parts of the dog minus the nose and the belly.

This is what it looks like when you are finished adding Burnt Ochre to the edges.

Blend the edges with a blender stump. Instead of blending in circles like with the first two blendings, blend it by going back and forth, lightly pulling to the center. This way it keeps the darker color to the outer edges of the image giving it depth.

This is what it looks like once it is blended.

I needed to add just a little more depth to my image. I added a touch of Goldenrod to the edges of the nose,the bridge of the nose, and the base of the belly. I added a touch of Burnt Ochre under the nose at the neck line, and the the back legs. I then blended the colors in for the final time to complete the image.

This is what is looks like when you are done.

This is the finished creation. I took the image, cut it out with a Nestibilities, destressed it, and layered it up on the card you see. I hope this tutorial helps y'all understand how I color all the images with Prismacolor Pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirits. This is one heck of a task creating a tutorial, but I finally got it done for y'all.

Tell me....

What do y'all think?

I would love to see what y'all come up with, so please send me a link to show what you have done!!

I forgot to mention, my image is a digital image from Doodle Palace. Check out their store on my sidebar. They have incredibily cute stuff!!

A LSC Major Mix Up!!

2009-06-26T13:10:00.002-04:00

Hello there everyone,
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Well, I originally was making this for today's Limited Supplies Challnge 226 Chinese Take Out, but somehow I got it all mixed up!! I guess the challenge proved a bit much for me. I thought I had all the info in my head right and didn't bother to write it down. Then I went to the Daily Dare to find other challenges I could combine the LSC with. I found several I wanted to work with. Somehow, in the process of looking through the challenges, I got the LSC mixed up. I managed to get the train part right.
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This is where the mix up happened.
This is for No Time to Stamp's Challenge where we were to use blues and greens along with piercing. I thought great green and blue that is the colors for the LSC, and it didn't say anything about not using piercing. Well, come to find out, no, it was blue/red or green/browns. Go figure!!
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This is for Stampin' B's Challenge where we were to use both wet and dry embossing. For the LSC, we could use Diecuts/Punches & Embossing Folders/Texture Plates. Perfect!! For my wet embossing, I clear embossed the blue parts of the train. For my dry embossing, I used my Cuttlebug Diecut.
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Now this part, I knew I was kinda cheating (boy this was a difficult challenge for me!!)
This is for Stamp Something's Challenge where we were to use three embellishments. I added the three brads to my train.
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I also used Monday's Technique Challenge 226 Faux Denim for my bg panels.
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And my sketch came from the Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge
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My image is a digital image from Digital Stamp Oasis colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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So there you have it. This was supposed to be for the LSC, but it got all mixed up. I guess that is what I get for combining so many challenges. I guess it was bound to happen sometime. I chose to upload it anyway because I wanted everyone to see it!! Hope the challenge police don't come after me!!
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Digital Stamp Oasis

Happy Independence Day!!

2009-06-25T14:20:00.002-04:00

Hello,

This is for today's SCS Ways To Use It Challenge 224 Bold and Brights where we were to use bold and bright colors. I chose red, white, blue and yellow.
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This is for Charisma Cards Challenge where we could create any card we wanted!!
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This is for Three Clovers Designs Challenge where we were to create a card that represented where you are from. I was born and raised in the USA!!!
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Finally, this is also for Stamp and Smiles Sketch Challenge
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My image is a digital image from Doodle Palace. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. For my bg, I used Crosshatch with Real Red one way and Brilliant Blue the other way. My sentiment is stamped on 3 different colors, punched and cut out, and layered together for a multicolored sentiment.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace

Sail Away

2009-06-24T13:50:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
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This is for today's Sketch Challenge 234.
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My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike that I colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS while down in Orlando while on vacation. For my twine, I dyed it with Chocolate Chip and tied it into a slip knot to go with the sail boat.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio

Dustin Pike One Sheet Box with Card

2009-06-23T13:54:00.003-04:00

Hello there,

I made a combination One Sheet Box and Card to go with it.

This is for today's Color Challenge 224 Pacific Tango Summer where we were to use Pacific Blue, Tangerine Tango, and Summer Sun.

This is also for Sweet n' Sassy's Project Tuesday Challenge where we were to create a One Sheet Box. You can find the tutorial on how to make it here.My image is a digital image from Dustin Pike colored with Prismacolor Pencil and OMS. I did cheat with the image on the box. I photo copied the image and made it smaller to fit the box. I computer generated both sentiments.

My 6 yr old DD, Brianna, went to the dentist today and she had an awesome exam!! She has no cavities!!! So in honor of her having no cavities, I made this card and box for her. The box will have inside it a toothbrush, toothpaste, dental floss, and stickers. All the stuff you get from the dentist at your visit!!

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studios

Digital Tuesday Challenge #12

2009-06-23T09:14:00.001-04:00

Hello,
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Today, we posted our new challenge on the Digital Tuesday Challenge Blog. It is hosted by Martha, and her challenge to us was to use our scraps, and of course, atleast one digital image.
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Our sponsor this week is Squigglefly so I got the opportunity to work with one of their stamps. Ironically enough, this is also for their challenge they posted yesterday!! The challenge was to think out of the box. Our image was to come outside of the box. As you see, my ballerina's arm is out of the box. She is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I used the music folder with the Cuttlebug to create my bg and my sentiment is computer generated.
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This is also for yesterday's SCS Technique Challenge 226 Faux Denim. I did the same technique just with pink instead.
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What do y'all think?
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Stay tuned next week, because it is my turn to host the Digital Tuesday Challenge and it is sponsored by Dustin Pike!!!!

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for June 25th

2009-06-22T21:27:00.002-04:00

Hello everyone,
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This is for Friday's Dare U 2 Digi Stamp Challenge where we were to create a scene. I made a prehistoric scene!!
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This is for today's The Next Level Challenge where we were to create a stair step card. I sooooo love stair step cards and when I saw Dustin Pike's mage's that are going to be released Thursday, June 25th, I knew I had to make stair step card with them. I colored everything with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. Now I did cheat some. I only colored the bg one time. I then photo copied it six times to create all the bg. Each level has a layer popped up with dementionals. The pterodactyl's body is popped up and the stegosaurus' head is popped up also. I did outline all of the images with a black SU! Marker to make them pop more. I computer generated my sentiment.
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All of these images are being released Thursday 25th along with a raptor (sp). I made a card with him for today's SCS Technique Challenge. I didn't feel he belonged on this card because he is a meat eater and all these guys are plant eaters. I thought they might be uncomfortable with him on this card with them!! LOL
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Anywho, what do y'all think?
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Digital images can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio on Thursday, June 25th.

Dustin Pike Sneak Peek for June 25th

2009-06-22T21:06:00.000-04:00

Hello everyone,
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I am so glad I am finally able to get on here today!! I have been without cable, phone, or internet since early this morning. I checked out the challenge and the Daily Dare and the next thing I know, I have nothing!! Not even my cell phone because my DD took the charger and my phone was dead!! Talk about going crazy with no communication to the outside world!! So I stamped several cards today!!
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This is for today's Technique Challenge 226 Faux Denim
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This is also for 2 Sketches 4 You's Sketch Challenge #29
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from Dustin Pike that will be released this Thursday, June 25th. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Dustin Pike's Doodle Dragon Studio begining Thursday, June 25th

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek for June 23rd

2009-06-21T14:35:00.002-04:00

Hello,

This is for today's SCS Featured Stamper 124 Christy S. I chose this card for my inspiration.

I kept her same basic layout, theme, and colors.
I changed the mermaid image
I changed the DP for the bg and made my dp with the Swirl wheel for my strip.
I change the ribbon
And I didn't have a button to match Green Galore, so I made my own brad to match it.
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My image is a digital image sneak peek for Doodle Palace that will be released Tuesday, June 23rd. I colored her with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I computer generated the sentiment.
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What do you think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace on Tuesday, June 23rd

KLM Designs Sneak Peek for June 22nd

2009-06-20T14:23:00.002-04:00

Hello once more,
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I am trying to catch up on all of my DT's. Lots of images are being released next week and I have so many colored from my Disney vacation. So, please forgive me for making so many for the challenge today. Same thing will happen tomorrow too.
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This is again for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge 185 Bugaloo. This time I chose this pair of shoes to case. I chose to go with an elephant and I incorporated the brown and yellow into my card.
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This is also for today's I{heart}2Stamp Sketch Challenge.
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from KLM Designs. It is the second of two that will be released on Monday, June 22nd. It is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs on Monday, June 22nd.

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek For June 23rd

2009-06-20T12:26:00.002-04:00

Hello again,
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I made another card for the challenge.This is for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge 185 Bugaloo. I chose to go with this pair of shoes this time. Now I was orginally gonna try to stay with the shoes, but the card kinda took on it's own direction. I did incorporate the pink and the yellow, and also the pair of cats!! LOL
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This is also for a Sweet n' Sassy Sketch Challenge from June 6th. I had this sketch laying around and thought I would finally use it.
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My image is a digital image sneak peek from Doodle Palace that will be released Tuesday, June 23rd. The image is colored with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. My sentiment is computer generated.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at Doodle Palace on Tuesday, June 23rd

KLM Designs Sneak Peek for June 22nd

2009-06-20T10:00:00.000-04:00

Hello,
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This is for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge 185 Bugaloo. I chose this pair a cute shoes for my inspiration. I used their colors and elements to make a ballerina card.
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This is also for Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Sketch for this week.
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My image is a digital image sneak peek for KLM Designs The image will be released Monday, June 22nd. It is color with Prismacolors and OMS. My bg is Cuttlebugged with the music folder.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs on Munday, June 22nd

Bonjour with Digital Stamp Oasis

2009-06-19T14:32:00.001-04:00

Hello,

I made another card for today. This time I used one of the images I had colored while on vacation in Disney. It is also only for one challenge!! LOL

This is for today's SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 225 International Flair where we were to make a card using a different language on it. Mine is French meaning Hello.

My image is a digital image from Digital Stamp Oasis. I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS.

What do y'all think?

Digital image can be found at Digital Stamp Oasis

Humdinger of a Challenge Card!!

2009-06-19T13:04:00.001-04:00

Hello everyone,
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Boy, do I have a humdinger of a card today!! This card is for 5 different challenges. I found the challenges via The Daily Dare run by our very own newly appointed SCS Dirty Girl and personal friend of mine, Deb Felts!!!
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The first challenge the is for is for today SCS Limited Supplies Challenge 225 International Flair where we were to make a card using a different language on it. Mine is in Spanish and it means Thinking of You.
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Second is the 365 Card Challenge #111 Say it with Stripes where we were to use bold colors and stripes.
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Third is the Daring Card Makers Challenge-Missing You where we were to make a card that shares your love with someone - it could be missing you, thinking of you, across the miles.
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Fourth is for the Stamping B's Challenge #11 where we were to use the water coloring technique. I used Watercolor Crayons and a water brush.
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And last. but not least, this is for the Viva la Verve Sketch Challenge where we were to follow the sketch with the twist of DP inspiration. I ended up not going with the rules. The rules were to use one DP how ever much you wanted and use it as your inspiration for your card. Well, I ended up using 2. I didn't realize I had done the challenge wrong until I went to upload it, but hey, it is still the sketch and was an awesome inspiration for me!!
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My image is a digital image from KLM Designs. It is colored with Watercolor Crayons and a water brush. And yes, you can watercolor digital images if you heat set them with a heat gun before water coloring them.
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What do y'all think?
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You can find the digital image at KLM Designs

Wat True TXTing is 2 Me!! LOL

2009-06-18T13:42:00.002-04:00

Hello again everyone,
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When I saw the challenge today, I tried to wrap my head around what texting meant and I came up with the card I posted earlier today, but then I realized I wanted to make a card with what texting means to me. My 13 yr old DD and I text each other constantly on our phones as well as to many other people. So, when I saw use texting, this is what I actually had thought of first.
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This is for today SCS Ways To Use It Challenge 223 Texting where we were to use texting on our cards.
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This is also for Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge. I tried to follow the sketch as close as possible, but my image was a little to big for me to do the upper right corner the way the sketch was. So, I used a bunch of brads instead.
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My image is a digital image from KLM Designs. It is one of the images I colored while on vacation in Orlando with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS. I computer generated the text sentiment.
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What do y'all think?
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Digital image can be found at KLM Designs